Rearcross Youths 4 - Borrisoleigh 2

Rearcross F.C. Rearcross Youths recorded a merited 4-2 victory over Borrisoleigh last Wednesday evening in their debut game of North Tipperary & District League Youths football and in so doing advanced to the Final of the Youths Shield after receiving two walkovers in earlier rounds, Rearcross were on the attack from the off and Liam Lynch got in a shot in the 5th minute which wasn't far off the mark, Rearcross took the lead on 17 minutes when the ball broke to Liam Lynch who drove to the net from the edge of the box, Jim Caplis came to the rescue for Rearcross a minute later with a fine reflex save, Borrisoleigh were coming more in to the game at this stage and Tom Hickey was forced to clear of the line in the 35th minute, the visitors dominance paid off minutes later when Rory O'Donnell rounded Jim Caplis and knocked to the net from close range, Rearcross were winning territorial advantage at the start of the second half and went in front again in the fifth minute when Paul Hogan broke on the right before calmly slotting past the Borrisoleigh custodian, the lead was short lived as the sides were level within a minute after Paul Maher raced down the right flank and chipped the ball over the goal line, the visitors might have gone in front two minutes later, however the effort from in front of the goal was barely over the bar. Rearcross edged ahead again with twenty minutes remaining when Seamus Feehan guided the ball to the net after good work by Larry McLoughlin. Rearcross scented victory and upped the tempo of the game, Jamie Ryan made sure of the win with nine minutes remaining with a left legged effort from just inside the box that went straight to the corner of the net, a fine overall performance from all players on their debut in NT&DL Youths football that saw Rearcross advancing to the final of the Youths Shield to challenge Nenagh Town who dished out a heavy trouncing to Nenagh Celtic in the other semi-final.

Rearcross Youths: Jim Caplis, Tom Hickey, Damien Nolan, Simon Kennedy, Seamus Feehan, Liam Lynch, Thomas Grace, Robert Harrington, Jamie Ryan, Paul Hogan, Larry McLoughlin
Subs: Danny O'Brien, Mark Hogan, Colin O'Doherty, Denis Stapleton, Tommy Cranley, Wayne McMahon, James Gough

Borrisoleigh: Rory Ryan, Liam Shanahan, David Grace, Patrick Ryan, Eoghan O' Dwyer, Gearoid Kent, Ciaran Cowan, Cian O' Mahony, Paul Maher, John Fogarty, Rory O' Donnell.
Subs: Ger O' Brien, Liam Tynan, Joe Buckley.

Referee: Jimmy McCarthy